Broom attachment.



A. MCDONALD.

BROOM ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1912.

1,080,572, Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

Witn/ M Inventor,

Attorneys.

UNIT il AMANDA MCDONALD, OF CENTRAL CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA.

BROOM ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 26, 1912.

Patented Dcc.9,1913.

Serial No. 722,544.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, AMANDA MCDONALD, a citizen of the United States,residing at (entral City, in the county of Lawrence and State of SouthDakota, have invented a new and useful Broom Attachment, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to broom attachments.

The object of the invention is to provide a novel, easily applied andexceedingly simple article to be detachably combined with a broom, andin the use of which a cloth of any character may be readily assembledwith the broom head and held around the sweeping end thereof, to adapt.it for cleaning and dusting walls and ceilings, for sweeping smoothfloors, or for applying a polishing agent thereto.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts of a broom attachment, that willbe hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, andin which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts;-Figuro 1 is a view in side elevation of a broom head, showing theattachment applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective detail view of theattachment. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the clips of theattachment.

The article comprises in part two lengths of webbing 1, which arepreferably, though not of necessity elastic in character, and. aredouble-crossed, and secured together at their points of crossing by rows2 of stitches to provide a collar or band through which is inserted thehandle H of a broom head B, the members of the collar being disposed toengage with the shoulders of the broom head, and thus be held positivelyfrom shifting laterally thereon. In other words, there are provided twoelastic strips 1 which are folded into U'shape in intersecting planeswith their limbs crossing each other, and the crossing portions of thelimbs be ing stitched together, whereby the bights of the strips form acollar to surround that portion of the broom head which is attached overthe end of the broom stick and to rest on the shoulders of the broomhead with the crossed portions lying flatly or snugly against the sidesof the Each of has conbrooin head to flex therewith. the free ends 3 ofthe webbing ncctcd with it a cloth engaging clip, the series of clipsbeing designed to hold the cloth C in position around the sweeping endof the broom head, the effective operation of the article beingincreased when the webbing is elastic, as the slack of the cloth will betaken up when the broom head is flexed, and thus prevent anydisarrangement of the cloth. Each clip is constructed from a strip ofsuitable sheet metal, and embodies a sleeve t to receive one of the freeends of one of the webbing members, a flat shank 5 and a pair of clothengaging hooks 6, the latter being disposed adjacent to the free end ofthe clip and projected toward the sleeve. These hooks are stamped fromthe metal of the shank and are preferably triangular in form. As a meansfor accentual'ing the retaining function of the hooks and also toprevent injury to the person positioning the cloth, the terminals of thehooks are curved or deflected inward toward the shank, as clearly shownin Fig. 3. By thus constructing the hooks, all danger of multilating thehands of the operator will be avoided, and the cloth will be heldagainst wen-king loose in use.

Any suitable expedient may be adapted for securing the sleeve to thewebbings, the result in the present instance being secured by punching aseries of inward projecting teats 7 in one wall of the sleeve, theteats, by sinking into or puncturing the webbing, effecting the secin'eand permanent assemblage of the parts.

In applying the device, after the attachment has been positioned, thepiece of cloth is passed around the sweeping end of the broom head, anddrawn tightly upward, and the hooks are then engaged therewith, as shownin Fig. 1. In order that the cloth may be held tightly in position, thestraws of the broom will lie licxcd or bent to one side when the clothis being positioned, so that when they resume their normal po-- sitionthey will exert a strain on the latter which will secure the objectsought.

The improvements herein described, while simple in character, willco-act to produce a very effective and useful device for household use.

Vfhat is claimed is:

A broom attachment embodying a pair of elastic strips folded intoU-shape in intersecting planes with their limbs crossing each other, thecrossed portions of the 10 broom head, and the crossed portions beingdesignedto rest flatly against the sides of the broom head and to flextherewith.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signa ture in the presence of two Witnesses.

AMANDA MCDONALD.

Witnesses F. L. EooLEs, PETE WVALRAM.

Copies of. this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

